The Secretariat for Communications announced an new web initiative on Monday: a dedicated office \u2013 DotCatholic \u2013 to inform and engage the worldwide virtual community with Catholic doctrine, preaching, and ethos.<\/p>\n
At the invitation of the Secretariat, of State of the Holy See, the Secretariat for Communications has established a Bureau called \u201cDotCatholic\u201d with the purpose of utilizing a generic Internet domain name (.catholic) of the first level, in order to share the teachings, the message and the values of the Catholic Church with the broader global community in Cyberspace.<\/p>\n
The former director of Vatican Radio\u2019s Information Technology department, Eng. Mauro Milita, has been named head of the new working group, which counts 7 IT technicians on its staff.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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